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Elective English—IV Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 12: The Big Brother by Munshi Premchand

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

12.1 About Munshi Premchand
12.1.1 Early Life
12.1.2 Stay at Kanpur
12.1.3 Gorakhpur
12.1.4 Back to Benares

12.1.5 Mumbai
12.1.6 Last Days
12.1.7 Death
12.1.8 Style and Influences
12.2 Major Works of Munshi Premchand

12.2.1 Adaptations of Premchand’s Works
12.3 The Big Brother by Munshi Premchand
12.3.1 Analysis
12.4 Summary
12.5 Keywords

12.6 Review Questions
12.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

Know about Munshi Premchand’s life
Describe the works of Munshi Premchand
Summarise the short story The Big Brother

Critically analyse The Big Brother
Introduction

A pioneer of modern Urdu and Hindi social fiction, Munshi Premchand’s real name was Dhanpat
Rai. Premchand wrote almost 300 stories and novels. Among his best known novels are:
Rangmanch, Sevasadan, Gaban, Godan and Nirmala. Most of Premchand’s best work is to be
found in his 250 short stories, collected in Hindi under the title Manasarovar. Three of Premchand’s
novels have also been made into films. He began his literary career by working as a freelancer
and writing in Urdu.

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